preferment

n.
1.preference,precedence偏爱，优先。
△Shr.2.1.94(93): “the preferment of the eldest sister，” 先为大小姐配了婚姻。
2. advancement,promotion提升，晋级。
△Mer.2.2.161 (146):“if it be preferment / To leave a rich Jew’sservice,to become / The follower of so poor a gentle-man.”如果丢下侍候一个有钱犹太人的差事，而来做这样穷的位绅士的跟班，能算是升级的话。
△Lr.4. 5.38: “Prefer-ment falls on him that cuts him off.”谁杀死他，谁就受重赏。
△Oth.1.1.36:“Preferment goes by letter and af-fection，”升官得靠推荐和私情。
△2H.vi.1.1. 182(181):“While these do labour for their own preferment,/Behooves it us to labour for the realm.”这些人为他们自己升官晋级而努力，我们却应该为国家而努力。
△R.III.1.3.95 (94):“She may help you to many fairpreferments,/ And then deny her aiding hand there-in，”她可以帮助你青云直上、步步高升，然后又否认她曾经从中加以援手。
△H.VIII.5 1.36:“Stands in the gap and tradeof moe preferments,/ With which the time will load him.”他现在身居要津，有的是肥缺，又走上更多升迁的坦途.到时候好机会都会一一给他的。